Okay, Academy Award nominations are out. No huge surprises with the rather exciting exception of Keisha Castle-Hughes' nomination in the Best Actress category. I thought I'd go through and nominate who I *want* to win (as opposed to who will, although I suspect in Return of the King nominated categories, the alignment will be pretty close!). Obviously I've not seen films in some categories, and none of the shorts, so I've left them alone. Do you disagree horribly? Let me know! :)

2004 Academy Award Nominations

Actor in a leading role Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group) Jude Law in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Sean Penn in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)

Film editing "City of God" (Miramax) Daniel Rezende "Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Walter Murch"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jamie Selkirk "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Lee Smith "Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) William Goldenberg

Foreign language film "The Barbarian Invasions" A Cinémaginaire Inc. Production Canada "Evil" A Moviola Film & Television Production Sweden "The Twilight Samurai" A Shochiku/Nippon Television Network/Sumitomo/Hakuhodo/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Eisei Gekijo Production Japan "Twin Sisters" An IdtV Film Production The Netherlands "Zelary" A Total HelpArt T.H.A./Barrandov Studio Production Czech Republic

Makeup"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Richard Taylor and Peter King "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Music (original song)"Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole "Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello "The Triplets of Belleville" from "The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Benoit Charest Lyric by Sylvain Chomet "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Music and Lyric by Sting

Best picture "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) A Wingnut Films Production Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) An American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers "Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production Nominees to be determined

Short film (live action) "Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)" A Hamburger Filmwerkstatt Production Florian Baxmeyer "Most (The Bridge)" An Eastwind Films Production Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka "Squash" A Tetramedia Production Lionel Bailliu "(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]" A Studio Arkadena Production Stefan Arsenijevic "Two Soldiers" A Shoe Clerk Picture Company Production Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks

Sound editing"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Richard King "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Visual effects"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee

Adapted Screenplay"American Splendor" (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features) Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman "City of God" (Miramax) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland "Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Written for the Screen by Gary Ross

Original Screenplay "The Barbarian Invasions" (Miramax) Written by Denys Arcand "Dirty Pretty Things" (Miramax and BBC Films) Written by Steven Knight "Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola

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